Increase vs Linear

Increase (Build your bank) and Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a narrow lead over Linear (rank #103) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 55). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Increase is slightly ahead of Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Linear. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Linear. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is slightly ahead of Linear. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is slightly ahead of Linear.

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Linear shows 1,971 stars across 22 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Linear's footprint is roughly 43.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Linear makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.